CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (two views)

Facility: Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa

Billing Code: 71046 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$116

about 1.3× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $44–$153

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$129

About the fair price

about $13 over the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $116 This hospital $129 Cash price $192 Hospital's list price $296

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

Highest price of the 9 ID hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $19 Priciest $129

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 ID hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (two views) is about $116 (about 1.3× the $89 Medicare rate). Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa charges insurers about $129, or about $192 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Nampa, ID.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$92 - $266	103%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$103 - $242	116%
Aetnamajor	$95 - $260	107%
Cignamajor	$499	561%
Humanamajor	$260	292%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$129	145%
Dean Health Plan	$266	299%
GEHA	$260 - $266	292%
Health Net	$216	243%
HealthPartners	$266	299%
Moda Health	$94 - $252	106%
Molina	$222	250%
PacificSource	$178 - $216	200%
Paramount	$266	299%
Priority Health	$499	561%
SelectHealth	$89 - $266	100%
+ 41 smaller / regional plans	$26 - $499

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 4 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 192), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 71046.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71046.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa

Compare: X-ray, chest (two views) at other ID hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.